other polls have it closer or have even romney slightly ahead. i think that is really a dead heat going into election day. and the, you know, the movement has been towards romney in virginia as everywhere else, following the president's poor performance in that first debate. i do -- my gut feeling is the president still has a little bit of a lead there, but anything could happen on election day. the polls could be wrong, obviously, to the extent that he's ahead, it's just barely outside the -- the president is ahead, just barely outside the margin of error and that's really one to watch on election day. >> this is notable because the president von virginia last time around. it will be interesting to see how goes virginia and how goes the nation. >> if the president wins virginia, he will win the reelection. it's hard to see how romney gets enough votes in the electoral college if he loses virginia. >> we'll see you again soon. allison, back to you. >> 8:21. it's 43 degrees. on another quick political note, our maryland senate debate originally sc